Senate Democratic leaders expect a gun bill to move to the Senate floor that includes most of the proposals backed by President Barack Obama, with the notable exception of a ban on military-style, semiautomatic weapons, a top aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said.

The bill would likely seek to limit the capacity of ammunition magazines; expand background checks to include sales at gun shows and other private transactions; and require better record keeping to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental illnesses. It would also try to curb gun sales in states with more relaxed gun laws to buyers in states with stricter laws.

But the strategy outline also reflects a growing sense within Democratic ranks that some of the president's most ambitious goals-particularly the call for new bans on certain types of military-style guns often described as assault weapons-may be unrealistic, the Reid aide said.

The goal is to get the bill to the Senate floor next month, at which point lawmakers could then seek to amend the legislation by adding a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons or other provisions, the aide said.

The details provide the first snapshot of how Senate Democrats plan to move forward on major gun legislation in coming weeks...

That's specifically targeting INDIVIDUALS who exercise their Constitutional Right to Bear Arms, and are the SAME targets of Tax Laws that want to keep them at the mercy of Beaureaucrats who fear for self-defense-armed citizenry.

Run background checks and drug tests for EBT's and Obamaphones, and see who's left standing......

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posted on 02/04/2013 2:57:44 PM PST
by traditional1
(Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)

They will pass something just to pass something. It will not do anything to reduce crime or to address the causes of Sandy Hook or the Colorado shooting. These snakes realize that they overstepped their bounds, so an outright ban is not going to happen. Magazine limitations and expanded background checks are the most likely measures to pass. I think we can still stop the magazine restrictions, but I think something involving increased background checks will probably pass.

The existing laws already cover what they are replicating to give the appearing of "doing something". I purchased a rifle from a WA dealer and had to shipped to my FFL in ID to do the paperwork. As an ID resident, I can't buy or sell a firearm inside CA. Neither can a CA resident buy or sell outside CA. I can drive to Las Vegas, NV and purchase a long gun since ID has a border contiguous with NV. In theory, I could take that long gun (bolt action) back to CA. I could not bring an AR-15 in CA. A handgun "imported" into CA must be "registered" within 60 days. There are piles of laws already on the books. We really don't need more.

No, that’s a loophole. It was enacted in 1967 just so that interstate sales could take place altogether. HOW DARE THEY??? Don’t they know that Congress has the right to jugul-ate interstate commerce?????/s

Back in ‘09 I bought a whole bunch of Glock Factory 33 Round magazines. I bought them over the course of a few months at prices ranging from $25 to $33 each.

On CTD today, where I got about half of them, these same magazines are $189.95.......after this news, I expect them to go up over $200 or higher. If they don’t go for Universal Checks and just go for mag size limits our RINOs in Congress might just appease on that and then it’s the first big cut on the confiscation tree.

I was talking to my father yesterday (watches CNN all day long), and he said (head down), “I think we need to limit the magazines to 10.” I asked, “Well, Dad, what if you are accosted by three somebitches that need to be put down? Do you feel comfortable with 10 rounds? ‘Cause I sure as Hell don’t. I have 15, and carry a second mag.” The nature of the threat has changed. I used to carry a .357 6-shot revolver, but now I don’t fear having to kill a car, I’m faced with a damned flash mob of dozens of Amish. Semi-auto, no choice. And these bastards want to take it away from me? Give me a tiny magazine?

Mom and Dad declared they watch Fox some, but couldn’t tune the TV to get it. I just told them I give up until they get off the CNN crack.

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:08:36 PM PST
by Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)

They really can’t stop it. Under the Gun Owners Protection Act passed back in the 1980’s I could go to PA and buy a rifle, throw it in my trunk and drive back to the northeast legally, even through states where that rifle may be banned.

This will be as effective as having all criminals register as criminals! Duh the Democrats at work. Take the word Oxymoron and apply it to anything that Obama wants Example Affordable Healthcare - oxymoron defined - a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. another example Federal Government Saves Money (That is definitely an oxymoron).

See America, we're just trying to be reasonable. We've compromised and dropped the assualt ban. All we're we're asking for is a ban on ammo, concealed carry, ice cream, and naked babies. These NRA whackos are being obstructionists and won't budge. The NRA is being led by the Tea Party and all conservatives everywhere.

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:20:36 PM PST
by showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)

See America, we're just trying to be reasonable. We've compromised and dropped the assualt ban. All we're we're asking for is a ban on ammo, concealed carry, ice cream, and naked babies. These NRA whackos are being obstructionists and won't budge. The NRA is being led by the Tea Party and all conservatives everywhere.

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:28:28 PM PST
by showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)

This ranks right up there with the Bart Stupak “compromise” on Obamacare. That is, it’s essentially the same thing as before but with just enough window dressing to give Democrats from red states and/or swing districts cover.

Feh!

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:36:05 PM PST
by DemforBush
(You might very well think that. I could not *possibly* comment.)

And if that rifle was not legal in Idaho your FFL could not have given it to you. Right?

Sure, but that's why I moved to Idaho. If it was a Class III, I would have to finish the paperwork with the local sheriff and pay my $200 ATF tax. It was a simple bolt action. Just a model that was in short supply, so I had to go out of state to find someone with product in stock.

"You won't get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time... It's a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience."

We all know a universal background check can only be enforced by registration. The public won’t stand for it and most legislators know it. I’ll be suprised if it can pass the Senate and it sure won’t pass the House.

Just to make sure I am contacting both of our quisling RINO senators to make sure they don’t crack under pressure.

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:44:43 PM PST
by Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)

This BS is starting to get on my nerves. Rick Moran is not a journalist. Rick Moran isn’t even a blogger. He’s what I call a bookends scribbler. Write an opening paragraph, excerpt someone else’s work for the major portion of your “article” and then write a couple of closing paragraphs.

Hell, anybody could do that.

Hope they don’t pay him very much.

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posted on 02/04/2013 3:48:07 PM PST
by upchuck
(America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)

Is Obama this keyed up with hubris? I don’t think so, but perhaps he is. What was going on that he’d want to waste all this political capital and that the Dems would go along with him knowing this is a political third rail?

What they’re really after is the universal background check. The Feds have illegally been ignoring the prohibition on maintaining a database of gun owners. No one who has any awareness of this issue thinks that the universal background check is to prevent crime. It is to register guns. And if the New York (Dinkins) and California (Lockyer) registration/confiscation episodes are any indication, you can bet real money that confiscation would be next.

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